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John Sedgwick
Civil War Encyclopedia >> People - Union Military
| May 31, 1862 June 1, 1862 |
Battle of Seven Pines [US]
Battle of Fair Oaks [CS] |
Virginia |
| Joseph E. Johnston | ||
| George McClellan | ||
| Peninsula Campaign | ||
| Battle of Fair Oaks - Seven Pines | ||
| James Longstreet | ||
| Edwin Vose Sumner | ||
| John B. Gordon | ||
| Oliver O. Howard | ||
| Daniel Harvey Hill | ||
| Benjamin Huger | ||
| Samuel Garland | ||
| Darius Couch | ||
| February 5, 1863 | General Joseph Hooker reorganizes the Army of the Potomac appointing J. F. Reynolds, Darius Couch, Dan Sickles, George Meade, John Sedgwick, W. F. Smith, Franz Sigel and Henry Slocum in command of individual corps. George Stoneman is named his cavalry chief. Smith's Ninth Corps is assigned to Newport News to increase pressure on Richmond | |
| Joseph Hooker | ||
| George Meade | ||
| Army of the Potomac | ||
| William Farrar Smith | ||
| May 3, 1863 | Second Battle of Fredericksburg
John Sedgwick drives Jubal Early south past the city of Fredericksburg. The following day, as Early prepares to counterattack he finds the city empty. Sedgwick had followed the river west to aid the Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville |
Virginia |
| Jubal Anderson Early | ||
| Chancellorsville | ||
| May 3, 1863 May 4, 1863 |
Battle of Salem Church
Battle of Banks Ford Wilcox's Brigade of Early's Division stops the Union IV Army Corps with a position around rural Salem Church. Sedgwick decided to withdraw to the north when Lee reinforce Wilcox with two divisions and Early moved on Sedgwick's rear. |
Virginia |
| Jubal Anderson Early | ||
| Chancellorsville | ||
| May 5, 1864 May 7, 1864 |
Battle of the Wilderness
Ulysses S. Grant [US] is badly beaten on the field by Robert E. Lee [CS] but rather than retreat, Grant advances to Spotsylvania Court House. Union: 17,666 Confederate: 7,750 |
Virginia |
| Bloodiest Civil War battles | ||
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| Overland Campaign | ||
| James Longstreet | ||
| Winfield Scott Hancock | ||
| A. P. Hill | ||
| Richard Ewell | ||
| Gouverneur K. Warren | ||
| May 9, 1864 | General John Sedgwick [US] is killed by a Confederate sharpshooter during the battle of Spotsylvania. He is replaced by Horatio Wright | |
| Generals Who Died In the Civil War |
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